“We won’t give up on this,” says Klingensmith. “Police have agreed to have a presence here early in the mornings, so if anybody has any idea of coming back quickly, that won’t work.”

The restaurant was open for business as usual.

Pamela’s had some motion lighting installers take a look on Monday morning, and they’re certainly looking to upgrade their security.

It turns out that that’s something a lot of shop owners in the Strip are considering as well.

Chris Mikrut, who owns DeLuca’s Diner, another popular Strip restaurant, says she has cameras inside but is now likely to add some outside.

“I’m looking and thinking of adding that on. I always did want to do that, but just never got around to it. It’s good to have,” Mikrut told KDKA money editor Jon Delano on Monday.

Christian Simmons owns Pennsylvania Libations, which sells Pennsylvania liquor right around the corner from Pamela’s.

“I felt really, really sick, kind of to the stomach, in the sense that something like that could happen so close to home,” said Simmons. “I thought about my employees and the fact that they come in and open up early in the morning, but I guess you could say, another step is that we don’t do a lot of cash business at our place. Ninety percent of transactions are with credit cards, while Pamela’s is solid cash.”

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Simmons, who just opened a year ago, says he also has state-of-the art security at his liquor store with two-way sound.

“If someone happens to break in, I can literally get on my phone and say, ‘Hey, I can see you, and you’re already caught, so you might as well just lay down on the ground,’” says Simmons.

Lee says his association is working with local police on strategies to keep the strip safe.